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Biblical Guides for Mental Health

5/17/2019

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Reading, meditating and living scripture passages early in life can plant seeds for future comfort in difficult situations. -- Photo by Samantha Sophia on Unsplash
by Michael Edgar Myers, Founding Director
Cami Myers, an intern with Kingdom Impact Theater Ministries, has been compiling resources and recommendations for individuals managing mental health challenges and posting them in a series of online essays we call “A Collegian’s Guide to Mental Health.”

We outlined Cami's background and how these essays came to be in an earlier post, "College, Ministry & Stress."  Today, we provide access to the essays themselves and Biblical connections the KIT Ministries staff made while editing them.

Although the essays are not “Christian” in nature, reading them revealed parallels between the practical concepts and Bible basics. There are seven scriptures related to the contents of the four essays themselves, and three other principles that provide perspective on Cami’s spiritual health journey summarized in the four essays.

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College, Ministry and Stress

5/9/2019

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College Student Writing Paper
Research papers, media use, lack of sleep can all add to mental weariness. -- Photo by Victoria Heath on Unsplash

by Michael Edgar Myers,  Founding Director
Cami Myers is part of Kingdom Impact Theater Ministries, the Next Generation, though she’s been with us awhile.

Maybe you've  seen her greeting people at shows at our hospitality table, or sitting in singing with the ladies’ worship ensemble, Chos3n.  She’s also behind the scenes (or out front) photographing our performances,  such as those she did for  “Freedom Song” promotions.

All of those activities she began as a high school intern. She’s now preparing for her senior year of college, studying psychology and creative writing, wondering how to use them  in the "adulting" world to come.

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Music of "Freedom Song"

2/4/2019

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Vikki J Myers music album cover
Hear "Free Indeed," based on John 8:36, on KIT's "Freedom Song" YouTube Playlist.
All music that tells the story of redemption through Jesus Christ is gospel music.  Yet in some circles "gospel music" is confined to a niche -- a certain style of music; a style of music associated with African-Americans. 

In that sense, components of "gospel music" are symbolized by two easily identifiable symbols: a choir and robes.  These symbols come from a powerful aesthetic in African-American heritage; yet there are dangers in defining gospel music and African-Americans by these two symbols alone.

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Africans in America Go To the Mountain to Tell the Story

12/20/2018

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Fisk Jubilee Quartet with John Wesley Work (r), arranger/publisher of "Go Tell It On the Mountain."
It may be fair to conclude that the first Christmas carol created on the shores of the U.S. was by Americans of African descent. That is, African-Americans.

Keep in mind that, in #CarolStory, the ten-minute play by Kingdom Impact Theater Ministries, the definition of a Christmas carol is a song that includes the salvation message of Christ amid the story of the birth of Jesus.


Until “Go Tell It on the Mountain” was put to paper by John Wesley Work Jr., in 1906, the traditional carols sung in the States originated in Europe.  ​
Three people on Christmas Card
This song is one of 61 on the playlist of “Carol Story,” a 10-minute play that tells the life of Christ solely through Christmas lyrics as dialogue. Learn More about "Carol Story" and "Carol Story: The Easter Edition."
​LEARN MORE:  John Wesley Work & Fisk University Singers

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Hark!  It's the Gospel, Charlie Brown!

12/16/2018

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Charlie Brown's Christmas program.
The finale of Charlie Brown's Christmas program sings the gospel of Luke.
As with Handel’s “Messiah,” the development of “Hark! The Herald Angel Sings” exemplifies  the ever-evolving collaboration (some say interference) of artist, patron and theologian.

The original poem which begat the song, written in 1739 by Methodist pastor and song writer Charles Wesley, was entitled “Hymn for Christmas Day.”  Wesley’s hymn was an epic with over 10 stanzas.

​It included words that showed Wesley’s intellect but left listeners scratching their heads.  Wesley’s pastor friend, George Whitefield, pointed this out and suggested revisions, simplifying the text.
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This song is one of 61 on the playlist of “Carol Story,” a 10-minute play that tells the life of Christ solely through Christmas lyrics as dialogue. Learn More about "Carol Story" and "Carol Story: The Easter Edition."

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